Automatic telephone-dial support



. Oct. 9 1923.

. l 1,469,779 A. JLCURREN AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE DIAL SUPPORT .Filed Oct. 20, 1919 Patented Get. 9, 1923.

ARTHUR J; CURREN, OF ELYRIAQOHIO.

res PA -TENT IO w AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE-DIAL. surronri Application filed October 20, 1919. Serial 1\TOQ331,967.

T all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. OURREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, inthe'county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AutomaticrTelephone;Dial

Supports, of which the followingf is a full, clear,'concise, and exact description. p 1. My inventi'on'relates toautomatic tele phone dial supports, and particularly' to that type of support'which is adapted to se- 7 phone dial by means ofthe improved supcure an automatic telephone sending dialto cup-shaped member and to furthermore provide a channel shaped" support for thesaidw cup-shaped member, preferably of reduced cross section, whereby thecup-shaped member may be secured to thebo-ttom ofthe wall telephone-casingthe channel member at the same time serving to inclose and thereby protect the electrical circuit conductors leading from the wall telephone casing to the telephone dial mechanism;

" Further objects of my invention include the provisionof thesupport which is adapted tobe cheaply manufactured ofsheet steel *stampings which may be readily spot-welded together, forming a unitary rugged in:

'tegral structure which is light in weight, and which may be readily secured in place on the lower wall of a telephone, and in which the dial may be 'properly'supported in proper angular position.

Other objects of my invention and the inventionitself will be better understood by referring to the drawings accompanying this specification and in which drawings:

i. Fig. '1 shows a'front view of a wall telephone, to which is secured an automatic teleport of-my invention; in'this view the sup 'port itself is not visible being hidden by the dial; 1

v .Fig. 2 shows a side cross sectional view of thedial support of inventiom together;

with'a fragment of the wall telephone cas ing, the automatic telephone dial being indlcated 1n dotted lines to show its relative pos1tion; 1

Fig. 8 shows a rear View o-fmy improved dial support, only;

Fig; shows an end cross-sectional view of my improved support takenon aTline H indicated in F ig. 3,looking in thej direction of the indicating arrows.

The cross-sectional View illustratedinFig.

2, is that view which would be had dream a line 22 of F 1g. 3 looking in' the direction of the indicating arrows. i

- Referring now to the figures in each of which corresponding "parts are. indicated by like: reference characters, at 11, is shown'a telephone caslng havingva front wall '12, and a bottom wall 13. Prior to themounting of the dial support on; the telephone-1a hole j 14,'1s drilledin the telephonefcasing bottom wall 13, for the passage of electrical conductors 15 which connect: the dial mecha- IllSIIlqWlbh the telephone circuits. The dial stampings, the one, 16, having the form of a cup, and which is adapt'edto carry the dial I 17 on its outerrim, the otherbeing the chan 'n-eled member 18,.having an'upper winged support "is made from 'two fsheet metal H portion;19,jan"intermediate channeled 'portion 20 and a lower cup supporting portion l 21.- suppor'ting portion 21, are formed as a flange of the channeled portion 20, the por-t The winged portion 19,- andthe' cup tion 19 andthe portion 21 "being connected an intermediate flange portion31l" The upper flange portion: 19, "is disposed "at an angle of approximately 610 degrees although this maybe' varied as desired,-to the plane of the'flange portion 31. The-flange wings '19 are provided'near their outer extremities withholes 22 each of which permits the }pas-.

sage of a securing screw indicated in dotted lines at 23 of F'ig;v 2,- two ofthese screws-being' used to secure thesupport to'thetelephone casing. The channel portion"'20,

serves as a stiffening rib for the support'to make'it rigid and inflexible evenxthough very light; and inexpensive stock beuse'di n its manufacture.

and the The flange portionx2l ismade, having aconsiderable width' andis adapted to be centrally placedonxthe botto'mxof the "cup i member, 16, the bottom of the cup contacting portion of the flange being held flatly together, and while so held they are spot-welded in the ordinary way for spotwelding together two flat pieces of steel, or the like, of which my improved support 'would preferably be constructed. After the tWo parts of the support have been electrically welded together, they are thenfinished, preferably by enameling.

I The applicationioif the support of myinyention to the wall telephone is now obyious. The dial is held in place and secured to the cup by means of a plurality of holes located on the side wall 01: the cup, andico-operating projections on the dial frame, the dial and cup being secured together bymeans of a machine screw passing through one of the holes in the cup and I engaging a theraded portion in the said dial frame; or the dial or cup may be secured together in any other suitable way, as

V is the common practice inthisvart, where the said support-ateither end thereof, Jone of the said flanges being disposed in a Plane di-fi'erentto that of the other flange, the plane {of one of the said flan'gps"being parallel tothe 1 longitudinal ,rib,sa;id last named flange being IlglClllYSQCllfGCl to the bottom of the u said cup.-

p e v I v Ina telephone set, a dial, asap-port In an automatic telephone dial support, the combination with a metallic dial supporting cup, ofa sheet metal support ,for the said cup, said support having an ;;1nt ermfed;1;ate' longitudinal rib, flanges for the said support-at either end thereof, one ot the said flanges being disposed in ;a plane d fferent to that of the other things, the pila'ne of one of the said flanges being parifl'llelto thelongitu'di-nal rib, said last named flange being ri'g-iclly secured' -to'the bottom of the said ffcup, a telephone casing, and means to secure the-said support to'a bottom :yfvEall-o'f the said casing ata point adjacent an -.edge thereof, said means comprising the other end said rib,said casing wall and the bottom of the said cap forming a substantially closed channel-to protect electrical circuit conduct-or placed the said channel leading from'the interior of the said casing to the interior of the said end of the support attached to the telephone set, said cross-armhaving a flat surface and 'said'circuliar section having a fiat surface,

said cross-armand said circular end so related that a plane parallel to said circular surface is inclined at an angle to a plane parallel to said cross-arm surface,

l. In a telephone set a dial, a support for said dial, said support made o't a flat piece bentto form two planes, said support having one end circular, a neck extending from said circular section and a cross arm con nected :to the other end of said neck, one

of said ends of said-support secured to the telephone-set, and said dial secured to the other end of said support. V

'5. In a telephone set a dial, a support for said dial, said support made of a flat piece bent to form two planes, said support having one end circular, a neck extending from said circular section and a cross arm connected to the other end of said neck, one of said'ends of said support secured to the telephone set, and said dial secured to the other endo'f said support, said circular section-in one of said planes and said cross arm in the other of said planes,

*6. Ina telephone set a dial, a support for said dial, said support made of a flat piece bent to form two planes, said support having one end circular, 'a neck extending from said circular 'sectionand a cross arm cor-ineoted to the other end of said neck, one

of said ends of said support secured tothe telephone set, and said dial secured to the other end of said support, said cross-arm in one of sald planes, and said neck in the other of said planes.

7 I-natelephone set a dial, a support for I said dial, said support made of a; fiat piece bent toiorm two planes, said support having one'end circular, a neck extending from said circular section and "a cross arm .con-

nected to the other end offsaid endsof said'support-secured vto-the .t'elephoneset, and said dial secured to the 'othenendpt-sa-id support, said neck and of said neck, one

said circular section both-in thesame one of said lanes;

8. In a telephone set, 'a'dial, and asupport for said dial comprising ;a :cup member to receive said dial, and a neck {formed from a single pieceirhaving one end flanged to receive said cup member, and the other end flanged 'andatta'ched to said telephone set.

In Witnesswhereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this th-i'rteentheday of October,

A. D. 1919. s, V Y

Y i ARTHUR J. 

